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Whistle in the Dark
- Narrated by: Julia Deakin, Ms Laura Aikman
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Whistle in the Dark by Emma Healey, read by Julia Deakin and Laura Aikman.
After the best-selling, Costa First Novel award-winning Elizabeth Is Missing comes Whistle in the Dark....
How do you rescue someone who has already been found?
Jen's 15-year-old daughter goes missing for four agonizing days. When Lana is found, unharmed, in the middle of the desolate countryside, everyone thinks the worst is over. But Lana refuses to tell anyone what happened, and police draw a blank. The once happy, loving family return to London, where things start to fall apart. Lana begins acting strangely: making secretive phone calls, hiding books under her bed, sleeping with the light on.
As Lana stays stubbornly silent, Jen sets out to solve the mystery behind her daughter's disappearance herself....
Critic reviews
"This novel is a beautiful and rare thing." (Kate Hamer)
"Healey is a natural storyteller." (Claire Fuller)
"I don't know anyone else who writes like this." (Jane Corry)
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- MRS B.
- 18-10-20
Enjoyable listen
Found this book very different and an unusual storyline. Identified with many of Jen’s thoughts as a Mum and typical teenager Lana’s comments. I thought the ending was good.
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- karen hart
- 16-06-18
Well written but a bland ending.
The story was really well written however, it didn't really lead anywhere and was disappointing. The story seemed too long for such an anticlimax.
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- Viv
- 28-10-18
Never gets going
No real mystery, suspense built for nothing. Got duller as time goes on. The plot didn’t make sense at times too.
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- Linda Wild
- 08-06-20
Wonderful
Loved it. Intriguing story of a mother and daughter relationship, exposing the difficulties of communication.
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-04-21
Good to listen to
Good narrator, struggled with the story a little but all clear at the end and then finish !! not over exciting tale !!
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- mrs t m snook
- 26-06-18
Unexpected therapy
Downloaded this book after hearing an interview on Sara cox show, darkly insightful at times, funny at times, but a very necessary read for any parent, however old your offspring are, in this age of ever increasing rates of depression. Please don’t let that put you off, it is a fantastic ...,not so much a story, but a long article about motherhood and all the anxieties that go with it!
I listened to it on 0.75 speed accidentally to start with and changed to full speed when I realised, but changed back to 3/4 speed again as it seemed easier to listen to and more soothing at the slower pace.
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- miss n l a brooks
- 21-12-19
Not as good as Elizabeth is Missing
If like me you loved 'Elizabeth is Missing' and go straight for the second book, then prepare to be disappointed. I so loved EIM, but to begin with I couldn't believe this was the same author. I found it very slow, didn't really enjoy the performance and didn't find the characters very likeable. The last hour it did seem to pick up, but overall it was disappointing and I won't be recommending this to friends as i did with EIM.
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- Rachel Redford
- 17-05-18
What ever happened to Lana?
Emma Healey's Elizabeth is Missing was a great success - her focus there was the mental states of old people. Whistle in the Dark focuses on the mental state of 15 year-old Lana, Her parents Jen and Hugh have always done their best for her and tried to help her conquer her depression and urge to self harm. Jen takes her on a bonding painting trip and it's then that Lana goes missing for 4 days. The newspapers home in on the story and when Lana is found covered with strange injuries and claiming to have no memory of what happened, all kinds of fantastical and painful stories are printed about what might have happened - from sex to Satanic cult activity. The truth is revealed at the end.
The story is told by Jen and the pain, frustration and powerlessness she suffers in trying to help her daughter drives her close to distraction. The conversations where Jen tries to help and Lana blocks her and returns to her Messaging are brilliant in their excruciatingly painful reality, as is the disintegration of Jen as the very best she can do is never right. Anyone who lives with a teenager as troubled as Lana will recognise every line. But there's humour too and tremendous vitality, humanity - and hope. The story is fleshed out with flashbacks and it ends on an up.
The narration captured the different voices of Lana and Jen making them absolutely real. The whole comes from tremendous observation and understanding.
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- Suzanne Miller
- 07-10-20
Brilliant
This gripping story is so eloquently narrated. The story will transport you into a complex world of characters. It’s the kind of novel that will stay with you long after you finish it. Highly recommended...
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- Naomi
- 12-08-18
good read
a story of a mother's struggle to understand her self harming daughter...an account rather than riviting plot
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